Need for Speed The Run lures players into an underground world of illicit, high-stakes racing. The heat is on – and it isn’t just the fuzz who are after you. Entering the race is just the beginning as you blow across borders, weave through dense urban traffic, rocket down icy mountain passes and navigate narrow canyons at breakneck speeds. Powered by DICE’s state-of-the-art Frostbite™ 2 engine, Need for Speed The Run takes the action racing genre to new heights with stunning visuals and car physics that hug the road even at top speeds all built around a gripping storyline. The cars are hot, the racing is intense and the story will have you at the edge of your seat… all the way from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Empire State building.
Using the groundbreaking Frostbite 2 engine, Need for Speed The Run will set the bar with unparalleled visual quality and enhanced physics. Need for Speed The Run will also take immersive storytelling to a new level with cutting edge performances that will draw the player into a world with no speed limits, rules or allies. Autolog, the Need for Speed franchise’s revolutionary social competition functionality, is back and better in Need for Speed The Run as it will continue to reinvent how people play games, track career progression and compare game stats.

Need for Speed: The Run Review

Say what you will about how the quality of Need For Speed games have wavered over the years, the series is back on an upswing. Though Shift 2: Unleashed didn’t really do many favors with its too-aggressive AI, there was no question it brought out the best in skilled drivers. Whatever players didn’t get into that obviously could do major coasting in Criterion’s awesome Hot Pursuit. Now we have The Run, the latest from the local Need For Speed vets, Black Box. It focuses more on the intensity of the races itself, and even though there are snags that keep it from being a smooth running ride, it has enough heart-pounding racing moments to coast by.
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From the main menu, enter the options menu. Highlight "Skill Level", then quickly hold X + RS + LS + A (in order). The skill level indicator will turn from yellow to pink to confirm correct code entry. Traffic and police will be removed from each track. No records will be saved in this mode.

Enter a race for at least ten seconds (indexed on the radar detector). Press P and select the "Instant Replay" option. Rewind in replay mode to the beginning of the race. Hold B on controller one and press X + P + C on controller two. "Car Crashed" will appear on the screen to confirm correct code entry. Return to the race, press P and select the "Quit" option. Select the Alpine course. The third segment will be covered with black ice.

Start a race and immediately press LS + RS + Up on controller two and LS + RS + A + C on controller three. "Car Crashed" will appear on the screen to confirm correct code entry. Press P and select the "Quit" option. In subsequent races, engine torque and power will be increased by 20% for the faster cars and 30% for the slower cars.

Start a race and select the inside-the-car view. Press A + LS + Up on controller two to change views. The interior of the car will disappear and will be replaced with a color-coded band. Press A + LS + Up to toggle display of the status icon and rear view within the color-coded band.

Race the X-Man in any car for at least ten seconds (indexed on the radar detector). Press P and select the "Instant Replay" option. Rewind in replay mode to the beginning of the race. Press RS + Down + B on controller two. Return to the race, press P and select the "Quit" option. The scooter will inherit some of the characteristics of the car selected for the X-Man.